Chapter 97

"Phone's off and not picking up..." Out of nowhere, Louise recalled what Lucas had once told her-about Dominic's ex coming back into the picture. That woman was supposedly back in the country now... Could Dominic be meeting her? Clutching her phone a little tighter, she took a deep breath, her eyes flickering with a trace of uncertainty. "No way. Dominic wouldn't meet up with her, not without telling me." Even if he was planning to, he'd at least give her a heads-up. There's no point overthinking this. She needed to trust him. That's what marriage is built on, right? Trust, not lies. The office door suddenly swung open, and Ava poked her head in, smiling. "Hey gorgeous, got a minute?" She tossed her bag aside and came over, patting Louise's belly with a teasing grin. "My godson's growing up fast." Louise, still slim despite nearing her fourth month of pregnancy, had only recently started showing. Though her arms and legs remained slender, there was now an obvious roundness to her stoma